A step-by-step recipe for a salad with corn and chicken fillet for Christmas in the form of a Santa Claus boot: main ingredients, cooking technology, serving option. Video recipes.
A salad with corn and fillets is a great option for a festive meal. And if you arrange it in the form of a red boot, then such a dish will become a symbolic decoration of the Christmas or New Year's table.
The set of products chosen for the salad with chicken fillet and corn is more than affordable and allows you to create a home culinary masterpiece, as well as satisfy the needs of any gourmet. At the same time, the main ingredients are quite healthy, and the salad itself is incredibly nutritious.
Boiled chicken breast is good for your health and allows you to make the dish not very high in calories. Although, if desired, you can take smoked fillet instead. And for decoration, you can take boiled carrots as a red ingredient, but bell peppers both look brighter and give a fresher taste and captivating aroma.
This recipe for a salad with chicken fillet and corn for Christmas in the form of a Santa Claus boot is distinguished by its simplicity of execution, which allows you to prepare an amazing dish in a short time and please households and guests.
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- Caloric content per 100 g - 198 kcal.
- Servings - 6
- Cooking time - 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- Fillet - 400 g
- Red sweet pepper - 1 pc.
- Egg - 2 pcs.
- Processed cheese - 1/2 pc.
- Corn - 1/2 can
- Mayonnaise - 60 g
- Salt and herbs to taste
Step-by-step preparation of corn and fillet salad for Christmas in the form of a boot
1. First, we prepare the ingredients. Boil fillets in broth with bay leaves, onion quarters and a little salt and basil. So chicken meat is impregnated with an amazing aroma and acquires a richer taste. Next, put it on a plate to cool. We also boil the eggs hard-boiled, cool them under cold water, peel them. Grind the three ingredients - fillet, eggs and half the pepper - with a knife in the shape of cubes. Add canned corn.
2. Add mayonnaise to the resulting mass and mix until the ingredients are evenly distributed.
3. For serving the salad with chicken fillet and corn for Christmas in the form of a boot, choose a flat wide dish of a rectangular, oval or round shape. We proceed to the calculation of the mass. At this stage, it is necessary to shape the base of the future boot.
4. Next, rub the second half of the red bell pepper on a grater, drain the juice that has come out and spread the resulting mass on top in a continuous layer.
5. To decorate the salad with corn and fillet in the form of Santa Claus's boot for Christmas, we use processed cheese. First, three of it on a fine grater and place it as fur on the top.
6. To complete the New Year's culinary composition, draw snowflakes and simple patterns on the boot using a pastry syringe. We send it to the refrigerator for a while so that all the ingredients are soaked and complement each other's aroma and taste.
7. Salad with corn and fillet for Christmas in the form of a boot of Santa Claus is ready! It should be served immediately before the meal. You can complement the serving of the dish with chopped herbs or spruce twigs cut from a cucumber.
See also the video recipe:
Chicken breast and corn salad, easy to cook